Episode 004: I was delighted to learn recently, viaSkift.com, of the existence of a “Bourdain bump.” Apparently whenever Travel Celebrity Anthony Bourdain picks a place to do a show, that destination sees a huge rise in public interest. In the recent case of Sicily, Priceline.com reported an 88.8% jump in searches for Sicily airports over the following 48 hours — that compares with … Read on
RIGHT PANTS 003: Did you know the first recorded pie was found in King Rama II’s tomb from ancient Egypt? Or that Romans made a pie called “The Placenta”? The English, meanly, added songbirds to the recipe. And the first pie-in-the-face gag dates from the 1909 film “Mr Flip,” a four-minute short made in Chicago. (It’s easy to miss the pie shot; it’s … Read on
The best way to remember a trip isn’t just slowing down to really be present in a place. Instead, as I wrote for the National Geographic Traveler today, it’s STOPPING altogether. For me, that is often to draw a little something that catches my eye. That the results won’t win any awards hardly bothers me. Here’s a handful of sketches that fill my … Read on
I’ve kind of made fun of travel food for a while. Sure I like food. Food is often the best part of a trip, as I recently concurred. But the rising stream of food images — usually on plates of food — sort of wore me out over time. But maybe I was wrong. So recently I attended Feast Portland food festival. I … Read on
I used to think everyone should take a coast-to-coast train ride across the USA once in a lifetime. Now that I’ve done it, as I wrote about for National Geographic Traveler’s website, I think we should do it twice. Here’s my video making the case:
I recently spent 10 days crossing the USA on the Millennial Trains Project, a rolling workshop/conference/experiment of 24 young entrepreneurs that left me a bit more can-do than I began. Here’s my article for National Geographic Traveler’s website. And some photos:
